21 Dicembre 2016 / Ultimo aggiornamento : 26 Dicembre 2016 admin Networking

VCP 6 Study Note – Advanced Networking Concepts Part2 : Backup restore and recovery management

Backup and restore network configuration vSphere 5.1 and later enables you to backup and restore the configuration of a vSphere Distributed Switch. It’s possible to restore the virtual network configuration in cases of database or upgrade failure or use backup as template to create a copy to the same vSwitch in new vSphere environment. Export […]
20 Dicembre 2016 / Ultimo aggiornamento : 20 Agosto 2018 admin Networking

VCP 6 Study Note – Advanced Networking Concepts Part1 : Networking policies, LACP Support

I’m writing this post to highlight some advanced vSphere topics during my VCP6 Study. Sources for this post are: vSphere 6 Official Docs (https://pubs.vmware.com/vsphere-60/index.jsp#com.vmware.vsphere.networking.doc/GUID-35B40B0B-0C13-43B2-BC85-18C9C91BE2D4.html) KB 2051826 https://kb.vmware.com/selfservice/microsites/search.do?language=en_US&cmd=displayKC&externalId=2051826 KB 2034277 https://kb.vmware.com/selfservice/microsites/search.do?language=en_US&cmd=displayKC&externalId=2034277 Link aggregation and LACP Basics https://www.thomas-krenn.com/en/wiki/Link_Aggregation_and_LACP_basics Networking policies You apply networking policies differently on vSphere Standard Switches and vSphere Distributed Switches: vSphere Standard Network Switch […]
11 Giugno 2016 / Ultimo aggiornamento : 19 Settembre 2016 admin Networking

My thoughts about network virtualization

In project decisions, security is one of the main 6 quilifiers (Availability, Manageability, Recoverability,..) which could change a project radically, from architecture to cost perspective. Rules, Data breaches, Possible workload vulnerabilities are the main things that a sysadmin must fight against every day (night included!!!). Many security lacks cost to the company millions of €/$, […]